Stadia [295 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/stadia/ “> Google Stadia can now run on Xbox [2,772 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/ “> Xbox consoles, via Xbox Game Studios (Microsoft) [1,156 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/microsoft/ “> Microsoft’s public test for its new Edge Chromium browser.
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Thanks to improved compatibility support with Chromium, the browser will run Google [190 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/google/ “> Google’s Stadia streaming service and allows Xbox console players to access their cloud game library.
As noted in a video by Brad Sams of Thurrott, the browser can even allow console players to stream games to their console through Microsoft’s own Project xCloud [101 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/project-xcloud/ “> xCloud in the future, once Microsoft has publicly added support for the web browser.
The new Xbox Edge browser is also expected to improve compatibility with services like Skype or Discord over the web, as well as browser-based games.
Microsoft announced plans to launch cloud games with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for PC and iOS devices in the spring of 2021.
Currently, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members in 22 countries can play more than 100 games on Android devices via the cloud using a compatible controller. About 20 of these games also support touch controls.
And Xbox boss Phil Spencer [256 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/phil-spencer/ “> Phil Spencer said the company is working to bring the Xbox Game Pass stream to the consoles as well.
“Yes, we want to do that,” he said last year. “It’s on the long list of cool things the xCloud team is working on, just down the list. But we want console and PC [2,949 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/ “> PC players to be able to navigate as easily as mobile players, is a good gamepass resource.”